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nitwit

nitwit · nitwits

A scatterbrained or stupid personA scatterbrained or stupid person.

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US/ˈnɪtwɪt/

» I don't know what that nitwit could see.

Ich weiß nicht, was dieser Trottel hat sehen können.

Значение

значений: 1

(разговорное)A scatterbrained or stupid person.
Schwachkopf, Dummkopf
a stupid incompetent person

Примеры

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I don't know what that nitwit could see.
deIch weiß nicht, was dieser Trottel hat sehen können.
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Don't listen to him, he's a complete nitwit.
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She's always making foolish decisions; she's a real nitwit.
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I can't stand his nitwit comments; they're so ignorant.
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Rodrigo's nitwit policies are detrimental to the country's progress.
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Переводы

языков: 4

Deutsch

scatterbrained or stupid person:

Происхождение

First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialect form of n

First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialect form of nichts (“nothing”), or Yiddish ניט (nit), dialect form of נישט (nisht, “no”), although some dictionaries give the alternative etymology nit (“louse egg; something very small”) + wit.

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